February 11, 2025 • 17 mins
- The episode delves into managing anxiety and fostering community connections in these uncertain times, emphasizing the importance of shared wisdom and positive practices. It discusses practical resources, including podcasts, and offers insights on impactful initiatives like the 'Friendship Bench.
- Discussing current anxiety levels among seniors
- The importance of shared life experiences in fostering connection
- Resource recommendations: beneficial podcasts and mindfulness practices
- The concept of the 'Friendship Bench' as a mental health initiative
- Encouraging activism without compromising mental well-being
- Announcements about participation in PodcasThon 2025
- Introduction of 'Bill Monty's World of Podcasts' live event series. To learn more write Billmonty04@gmail.com
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Enjoy these podcasts to help reduce stress connected to current events:
https://outrageoverload.net/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-world-gone-mad/id1724089771
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-happier-with-dan-harris/id1087147821
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to Bill Monty's Guide for Getting Older.
Hello, my friends, and welcometo Bill Monty's Guide for
Getting Older.
As you may have gathered fromthe name of the podcast and the
theme music you just heard, I amyour host, bill Monty, and I'm
here to ask a basic question howare you doing?
(00:21):
Things are really tough rightnow, aren't they?
I mean, there's a lot ofchanges going on.
I'm speaking specifically toAmericans, but I know the entire
world is wondering what's goingon right now.
There's a lot of anxiety goingon, so I want to talk a little
(00:42):
bit about that today and rightnow.
I want to implore you pleasestay all the way through this
episode until the end, because Ihave some important
announcements that I need tomake here To say that it's tense
here in America if you don'tlive in America right now.
For at least half thepopulation, the anxiety level is
so high and people are soafraid right now.
(01:04):
This is unlike anything I'veever seen in this country before
Now.
For those of you who have beenlistening in the year and a half
this podcast has been going on,you know I really don't get
into politics.
I'm going to try and not dothat much here because I really
want us to stay neutral when itcomes to this.
(01:25):
I believe that the message ofthis podcast what I want it to
be is we have shared lifeexperiences, and those
experiences should bond us moreas we get older.
I don't know that that'shappening right now with the
separation that we are feelingin our country, but that's what
(01:48):
should be happening, and so Ithink now is the time to call
upon the wisdom of the seniorsof America to come together and
try to help, and I know that alot of the seniors are the ones
who are the most afraid rightnow.
A lot of the changes that seemto be happening or may happen
(02:10):
would have a disastrous effectupon their finances or upon
their medical care, upon theirability to just continue to live
the life they thought theywould be living as they got
older.
I can say, politically, Ibelieve that both sides of the
political spectrum are a dangerto Social Security and Medicare
(02:35):
One side because they believe itshould be altered to the point
of non-existence and one sidebecause they think it should be
kept without consideration ofhow to keep it going in the long
term.
It's somewhere in the middlelies the answer.
Unfortunately, we seem to havelost the ability to be somewhere
in the middle.
(02:57):
So I want to give you a coupleof resources that I have found
that I think might help youthrough these difficult times.
Number one is you need to turnoff social media not my podcast
and the news every now and then.
(03:18):
Do not stay hyper-focused onwhat is going on.
There's a lot of misinformationcoming out from both sides.
Not everything you read or hearis actually true about what is
actually going on at the time.
So, whatever you hear, beforeyou believe it 100% and let it
wreck your life, be sure thatyou do investigate.
(03:40):
Is this really what's going tohappen?
Is this really what ishappening?
Two, I am a firm believer, ifyou didn't know it, in the power
of podcasting, and there arepodcasts that can help you
through these times, and I'mgoing to give you two that I
think you should check out.
(04:00):
And no, I have nothing to dowith either one of them.
I do know both people who dothese podcasts and I believe
that the service they offer isreally great.
Neither is out there reactingin panic mode or anything like
that.
The first is a podcast calledOutrage Overload by David
(04:24):
Beckmeyer, and it is the scienceof looking at the outrage going
on in our country and usingscience to think about how we
can overcome it.
How can we look at the facts ofwhat's happening?
David brings on a lot of greatguests and just has a lot of
insight from his personalexperience as to how you can
(04:45):
help notch down the temperaturein the room so that you don't
have the level of anxiety thatyou might be feeling.
The other is a podcast called AWorld Gone Mad with Jeff Allen
Wolf, and this is a podcast that, if you do want to stay on top
of it, jeff does three episodesa week of A World Gone Mad and
(05:06):
he's talking about what is goingon.
Now.
I'm going to tell you right now, jeff's perspective is that the
current president and what heis doing is 100% wrong for this
country.
So he's going to let you knowwhat's happening and the things
that you should be concernedabout, while also leveling it
(05:27):
out as the things that maybe hey, folks, don't panic too much
right now on this.
So those are two podcasts that Ithink you should be checking
out to help get you through this, but there are hundreds of
podcasts that can presentsolutions for you and you should
check them out.
So, whatever it is you'relooking for, you can Google.
Or, if you use Spotify or Apple, whatever it might be, just go
(05:50):
to the search bar and put whatit is you're looking for and I'm
sure there's a podcast about it.
There's something like 452,000active podcasts going on in the
world right now, but as ofFebruary of 2024, so a year ago
from when I'm recording thisvery few of those actually
(06:14):
recorded more than 20 episodes.
So, while you might find apodcast of what you're looking
for, be sure to check thosedates of when the last episode
was dropped.
But there's a lot of greatinformation out there.
Also, maybe just look up apodcast that lets you escape the
world.
So maybe it's about a hobby,maybe you're into gardening,
maybe you're into old-time radio, maybe you're into comic books.
(06:37):
Whatever it might be, there's apodcast out there.
There's nothing wrong withescaping the troubles of the
world for a little while, and Ithink that's something that
maybe all of us need to do.
Don't be afraid to not be upsetall the time.
That is not a way to live.
You want to be sure you'reliving your life and you're not
(07:00):
afraid of living a life thesecond resource I want to talk
to you about, besides podcasts,is one I have talked about
before and it goes a little bitinto the world of podcasts, but
it's also books and everythingelse, and that is a book called
10% Happier by Dan Harris.
Now again, you can go back toearlier episodes of this podcast
(07:22):
and I go into great detailabout how this book affected me
in a positive way.
And Dan Harris has a podcastcalled 10% Happier and a couple
of books and there's some greatinformation there it is.
The focus of it is mindfulnessmeditation, and, before you roll
your eyes when the wordmeditation is brought up, I want
(07:46):
you to really think aboutreading this book, especially
today, especially now, and Iwant you to really think about
perhaps listening to an episodeor two of the podcast.
And if you're on Facebook orsome social media, dan Harris is
active on those also.
You can do yoga, you can domindfulness meditation, you can
(08:08):
take a walk on the beach atsunset or at sunrise or in the
midday.
Find a place of solitude andpeace for you, your soul, your
family, so that you don't getcaught up in the whirlwind of
world events at this moment.
Let me be clear I'm not saying,ignore what's going on.
(08:31):
I think activism needs to comeback.
I think if people are reallyafraid for their democracy, as I
am right now, then activism isour only hope, making sure that
we are staying in contact withour leaders in the Senate and
the House, at both the state andthe federal level.
(08:54):
I'm not going to go into itmore than that, because I want
to tell you about something thatI saw this morning on CBS
Sunday Morning.
I'm not affiliated with CBS orCBS Sunday Morning at all, but I
do watch it.
That's one of the things I doevery Sunday, my wife will tell
you To kind of disconnect fromthe world, because they always
(09:15):
have a lot of good stories, funstories.
Anyone who remembers CharlesKuralt and the stories he used
to do for the CBS Evening News,where he went on the road and
talked to just average Americans, knows what I'm talking about.
Cbs Sunday Morning had a storythis morning about a doctor in
Zimbabwe.
His name is Dixon Chibanda.
(09:42):
Dr Chibanda found that therewas very little help for the
people as they were trying todeal with their troubles.
There were no therapists, therewas nothing like that going on
and he didn't know what to doand he tried to bring in the
medical community, tried toround people up and finally
someone around him suggestedusing a grandmother approach to
(10:02):
turn to their elders to becomebasically therapists.
Now we all remember ourgrandmothers.
We all remember the hope andthe help they gave us when we
were younger not just children,but even as teenagers and young
adults.
We were younger, not justchildren, but even as teenagers
and young adults.
If you were blessed enough tohave a grandmother into your
adulthood or a grandfather, thenyou know how wonderful and how
(10:24):
important they were and how muchthey could mean to your
well-being.
He recruited and trained agroup of about 20 grandmothers
and he set up a bench in a parkand over it a sign he put mental
health.
The goal was that people wouldjust stop and speak with these
grandmothers, needless to say,with a sign of mental health
(10:48):
above the bench.
No one showed up, but one ofthe grandmothers suggested
changing that to friendshipbench and putting a sign out
that said Would you like to talk?
The Friendship Bench offers whathas been seen as an effective,
simple, cost-effective option toprovide evidence-based mental
(11:12):
health care in under-resourcedsettings.
Dr Chabon has written a bookabout it.
You can find it, I'm sure inyour bookstore, or you can just
YouTube I'm probably startingtonight or, if you have
Paramount+, you can stream theepisode that talks about the
wonders and the simplicity ofthe friendship bench.
(11:34):
And I think, as we talk aboutthe people who have been growing
older for a long time, you andme we have wisdom and life
experience that we can share tohelp younger people get through
this time, because we know aboutpatience, we know about the art
(11:58):
of compromise without giving upyour soul.
We have been through the hardtimes and we know that good
times are usually on the otherside somewhere.
It might not be the good timesthat you want it to be or that
you envision, because you wantwhat was and what was is gone,
but it becomes somethingdifferent on the other side, and
(12:18):
what was is gone, but itbecomes something different on
the other side.
So, my friends, what I ask isthat maybe you make your own
informal friendship bench.
If you're at a family gatheringor gathering of friends, if
you're seeing someone on socialmedia who's having a tough time
of it, offer your nonjudgmentalwisdom to help them.
(12:41):
It will make them feel betterand it will help you feel better
, because we all want to feelthat what we have to give to the
world is still necessary, thatit is still needed and we, as
young people who have been alivea very long time, we have the
tools to help guide people.
(13:04):
I invite you to use those.
I want to thank you for joiningme for this episode of Bill
Monty's Guide for Getting Older.
I hope you are taking care ofyourself.
If you need help, please reachout to your doctor, your
physician, to a mental healthorganization.
Please make sure that you takecare of you and please make sure
(13:27):
that you always hit thatsubscribe or follow button.
That way, you will be alertedwhen a new episode of Bill
Monty's Guide for Getting Olderdrops.
And it does help us to grow thepodcast, which I do so
appreciate.
And it does help us to grow thepodcast, which I do so
appreciate.
I'd appreciate it, too, if youjust like or comment or share
this and other episodes of thepodcast.
And, as I said before my friends, stick around for another few
(13:51):
minutes because I have someexciting announcements to make.
If you don't, until then, Iremind you be safe and be kind.
Hey, thank you for stickingaround, like I asked you to.
I know that a few people arechecking out right now, so let's
just wave goodbye to them.
But I'm glad that you decidedto stay, because I want to tell
(14:12):
you about a couple of things.
One is I am so excited thatboth of my podcasts Bill Monty's
Guide for Getting Older andTales from South Florida will be
participating in Podcast Thon2025.
What is Podcast Thon 2025, youask?
It is an opportunity forpodcasters and their listeners
(14:33):
to give back to the community ina way that helps specific
charities chosen by the podcast.
I'll be announcing my charitiesin just a few days that I'll be
working with.
They will be local charities,local to South Florida, and I
hope that when Podcast On goeslive, which will be from March
15th to March 21st, that youwill listen and, if you are so
(14:57):
moved and if you are able to,you'll give.
Even a small donation helpswhen we're talking about giving
and charity.
I do appreciate it.
For more information, please goto podcastthonorg
Podcastthonorg.
My second announcement that Iask you to stick around for is I
(15:17):
am again excited to bring out abrand new Bill Monty
presentation.
Bill Monty's World of Podcastsis a new live multimedia
presentation that I bring tosenior residences to help them
become familiar with and enjoythe world of podcasting.
(15:39):
Whether or not it's my podcastor someone else's podcast, it
doesn't really matter to me,because I do believe that
podcasting is something that isso important, especially these
days, and seniors, unfortunately, are a group that are a little
confused by the technology oreven what a podcast is.
So what I'm able to do is comein, I explain podcasting, I
(16:00):
explain how I do my podcast, Ilet them listen to a couple of
episodes of it, I play them mygreat theme songs Don't you love
my theme songs?
Because I do?
Then, at the end of it, if thetechnological infrastructure
allows, I record an episode of apodcast with one of the guests
as a participant, and that willgo out live, as all of my
(16:22):
podcasts do, to the entire world.
How exciting is that?
So right now, this is going tobe strictly for Southeast and
Southwest Florida.
We're going to expand to therest of Florida in the coming
months and then we hope to goacross the country.
So if you live at a residencewhere you think you would enjoy
this if you know of one or ifyou work at residence where you
think you would enjoy this, ifyou know of one, or if you work
at one where you would like topursue this, I invite you to
(16:44):
please write to me atBillMonte04 at gmailcom
BillMonte M-O-N-T-Y 04 atgmailcom, and I'll respond as
quick as I can.
I'll send you some informationon it and I hope that I will see
you live in the near future.
Until then, my friends, againthank you for listening.
(17:05):
It does mean so much to me.
I appreciate it.
Be safe, be kind, and now let'splay that great theme song.
If it's warm outside but you'refeeling cold or not sure what
to do, without a friendlyshoulder You're not alone.
Start feeling bolder.
(17:26):
Welcome to Bill Monty's guidefor getting older.
Welcome to Bill Monty's Guide for Getting Older.
Hello, my friends, and welcometo Bill Monty's Guide for
Getting Older.
As you may have gathered fromthe name of the podcast and the
theme music you just heard, I amyour host, bill Monty, and I'm
here to ask a basic question howare you doing?
(00:21):
Things are really tough rightnow, aren't they?
I mean, there's a lot ofchanges going on.
I'm speaking specifically toAmericans, but I know the entire
world is wondering what's goingon right now.
There's a lot of anxiety goingon, so I want to talk a little
(00:42):
bit about that today and rightnow.
I want to implore you pleasestay all the way through this
episode until the end, because Ihave some important
announcements that I need tomake here To say that it's tense
here in America if you don'tlive in America right now.
For at least half thepopulation, the anxiety level is
so high and people are soafraid right now.
(01:04):
This is unlike anything I'veever seen in this country before
Now.
For those of you who have beenlistening in the year and a half
this podcast has been going on,you know I really don't get
into politics.
I'm going to try and not dothat much here because I really
want us to stay neutral when itcomes to this.
(01:25):
I believe that the message ofthis podcast what I want it to
be is we have shared lifeexperiences, and those
experiences should bond us moreas we get older.
I don't know that that'shappening right now with the
separation that we are feelingin our country, but that's what
(01:48):
should be happening, and so Ithink now is the time to call
upon the wisdom of the seniorsof America to come together and
try to help, and I know that alot of the seniors are the ones
who are the most afraid rightnow.
A lot of the changes that seemto be happening or may happen
(02:10):
would have a disastrous effectupon their finances or upon
their medical care, upon theirability to just continue to live
the life they thought theywould be living as they got
older.
I can say, politically, Ibelieve that both sides of the
political spectrum are a dangerto Social Security and Medicare
(02:35):
One side because they believe itshould be altered to the point
of non-existence and one sidebecause they think it should be
kept without consideration ofhow to keep it going in the long
term.
It's somewhere in the middlelies the answer.
Unfortunately, we seem to havelost the ability to be somewhere
in the middle.
(02:57):
So I want to give you a coupleof resources that I have found
that I think might help youthrough these difficult times.
Number one is you need to turnoff social media not my podcast
and the news every now and then.
(03:18):
Do not stay hyper-focused onwhat is going on.
There's a lot of misinformationcoming out from both sides.
Not everything you read or hearis actually true about what is
actually going on at the time.
So, whatever you hear, beforeyou believe it 100% and let it
wreck your life, be sure thatyou do investigate.
(03:40):
Is this really what's going tohappen?
Is this really what ishappening?
Two, I am a firm believer, ifyou didn't know it, in the power
of podcasting, and there arepodcasts that can help you
through these times, and I'mgoing to give you two that I
think you should check out.
(04:00):
And no, I have nothing to dowith either one of them.
I do know both people who dothese podcasts and I believe
that the service they offer isreally great.
Neither is out there reactingin panic mode or anything like
that.
The first is a podcast calledOutrage Overload by David
(04:24):
Beckmeyer, and it is the scienceof looking at the outrage going
on in our country and usingscience to think about how we
can overcome it.
How can we look at the facts ofwhat's happening?
David brings on a lot of greatguests and just has a lot of
insight from his personalexperience as to how you can
(04:45):
help notch down the temperaturein the room so that you don't
have the level of anxiety thatyou might be feeling.
The other is a podcast called AWorld Gone Mad with Jeff Allen
Wolf, and this is a podcast that, if you do want to stay on top
of it, jeff does three episodesa week of A World Gone Mad and
(05:06):
he's talking about what is goingon.
Now.
I'm going to tell you right now, jeff's perspective is that the
current president and what heis doing is 100% wrong for this
country.
So he's going to let you knowwhat's happening and the things
that you should be concernedabout, while also leveling it
(05:27):
out as the things that maybe hey, folks, don't panic too much
right now on this.
So those are two podcasts that Ithink you should be checking
out to help get you through this, but there are hundreds of
podcasts that can presentsolutions for you and you should
check them out.
So, whatever it is you'relooking for, you can Google.
Or, if you use Spotify or Apple, whatever it might be, just go
(05:50):
to the search bar and put whatit is you're looking for and I'm
sure there's a podcast about it.
There's something like 452,000active podcasts going on in the
world right now, but as ofFebruary of 2024, so a year ago
from when I'm recording thisvery few of those actually
(06:14):
recorded more than 20 episodes.
So, while you might find apodcast of what you're looking
for, be sure to check thosedates of when the last episode
was dropped.
But there's a lot of greatinformation out there.
Also, maybe just look up apodcast that lets you escape the
world.
So maybe it's about a hobby,maybe you're into gardening,
maybe you're into old-time radio, maybe you're into comic books.
(06:37):
Whatever it might be, there's apodcast out there.
There's nothing wrong withescaping the troubles of the
world for a little while, and Ithink that's something that
maybe all of us need to do.
Don't be afraid to not be upsetall the time.
That is not a way to live.
You want to be sure you'reliving your life and you're not
(07:00):
afraid of living a life thesecond resource I want to talk
to you about, besides podcasts,is one I have talked about
before and it goes a little bitinto the world of podcasts, but
it's also books and everythingelse, and that is a book called
10% Happier by Dan Harris.
Now again, you can go back toearlier episodes of this podcast
(07:22):
and I go into great detailabout how this book affected me
in a positive way.
And Dan Harris has a podcastcalled 10% Happier and a couple
of books and there's some greatinformation there it is.
The focus of it is mindfulnessmeditation, and, before you roll
your eyes when the wordmeditation is brought up, I want
(07:46):
you to really think aboutreading this book, especially
today, especially now, and Iwant you to really think about
perhaps listening to an episodeor two of the podcast.
And if you're on Facebook orsome social media, dan Harris is
active on those also.
You can do yoga, you can domindfulness meditation, you can
(08:08):
take a walk on the beach atsunset or at sunrise or in the
midday.
Find a place of solitude andpeace for you, your soul, your
family, so that you don't getcaught up in the whirlwind of
world events at this moment.
Let me be clear I'm not saying,ignore what's going on.
(08:31):
I think activism needs to comeback.
I think if people are reallyafraid for their democracy, as I
am right now, then activism isour only hope, making sure that
we are staying in contact withour leaders in the Senate and
the House, at both the state andthe federal level.
(08:54):
I'm not going to go into itmore than that, because I want
to tell you about something thatI saw this morning on CBS
Sunday Morning.
I'm not affiliated with CBS orCBS Sunday Morning at all, but I
do watch it.
That's one of the things I doevery Sunday, my wife will tell
you To kind of disconnect fromthe world, because they always
(09:15):
have a lot of good stories, funstories.
Anyone who remembers CharlesKuralt and the stories he used
to do for the CBS Evening News,where he went on the road and
talked to just average Americans, knows what I'm talking about.
Cbs Sunday Morning had a storythis morning about a doctor in
Zimbabwe.
His name is Dixon Chibanda.
(09:42):
Dr Chibanda found that therewas very little help for the
people as they were trying todeal with their troubles.
There were no therapists, therewas nothing like that going on
and he didn't know what to doand he tried to bring in the
medical community, tried toround people up and finally
someone around him suggestedusing a grandmother approach to
(10:02):
turn to their elders to becomebasically therapists.
Now we all remember ourgrandmothers.
We all remember the hope andthe help they gave us when we
were younger not just children,but even as teenagers and young
adults.
We were younger, not justchildren, but even as teenagers
and young adults.
If you were blessed enough tohave a grandmother into your
adulthood or a grandfather, thenyou know how wonderful and how
(10:24):
important they were and how muchthey could mean to your
well-being.
He recruited and trained agroup of about 20 grandmothers
and he set up a bench in a parkand over it a sign he put mental
health.
The goal was that people wouldjust stop and speak with these
grandmothers, needless to say,with a sign of mental health
(10:48):
above the bench.
No one showed up, but one ofthe grandmothers suggested
changing that to friendshipbench and putting a sign out
that said Would you like to talk?
The Friendship Bench offers whathas been seen as an effective,
simple, cost-effective option toprovide evidence-based mental
(11:12):
health care in under-resourcedsettings.
Dr Chabon has written a bookabout it.
You can find it, I'm sure inyour bookstore, or you can just
YouTube I'm probably startingtonight or, if you have
Paramount+, you can stream theepisode that talks about the
wonders and the simplicity ofthe friendship bench.
(11:34):
And I think, as we talk aboutthe people who have been growing
older for a long time, you andme we have wisdom and life
experience that we can share tohelp younger people get through
this time, because we know aboutpatience, we know about the art
(11:58):
of compromise without giving upyour soul.
We have been through the hardtimes and we know that good
times are usually on the otherside somewhere.
It might not be the good timesthat you want it to be or that
you envision, because you wantwhat was and what was is gone,
but it becomes somethingdifferent on the other side, and
(12:18):
what was is gone, but itbecomes something different on
the other side.
So, my friends, what I ask isthat maybe you make your own
informal friendship bench.
If you're at a family gatheringor gathering of friends, if
you're seeing someone on socialmedia who's having a tough time
of it, offer your nonjudgmentalwisdom to help them.
(12:41):
It will make them feel betterand it will help you feel better
, because we all want to feelthat what we have to give to the
world is still necessary, thatit is still needed and we, as
young people who have been alivea very long time, we have the
tools to help guide people.
(13:04):
I invite you to use those.
I want to thank you for joiningme for this episode of Bill
Monty's Guide for Getting Older.
I hope you are taking care ofyourself.
If you need help, please reachout to your doctor, your
physician, to a mental healthorganization.
Please make sure that you takecare of you and please make sure
(13:27):
that you always hit thatsubscribe or follow button.
That way, you will be alertedwhen a new episode of Bill
Monty's Guide for Getting Olderdrops.
And it does help us to grow thepodcast, which I do so
appreciate.
And it does help us to grow thepodcast, which I do so
appreciate.
I'd appreciate it, too, if youjust like or comment or share
this and other episodes of thepodcast.
And, as I said before my friends, stick around for another few
(13:51):
minutes because I have someexciting announcements to make.
If you don't, until then, Iremind you be safe and be kind.
Hey, thank you for stickingaround, like I asked you to.
I know that a few people arechecking out right now, so let's
just wave goodbye to them.
But I'm glad that you decidedto stay, because I want to tell
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you about a couple of things.
One is I am so excited thatboth of my podcasts Bill Monty's
Guide for Getting Older andTales from South Florida will be
participating in Podcast Thon2025.
What is Podcast Thon 2025, youask?
It is an opportunity forpodcasters and their listeners
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to give back to the community ina way that helps specific
charities chosen by the podcast.
I'll be announcing my charitiesin just a few days that I'll be
working with.
They will be local charities,local to South Florida, and I
hope that when Podcast On goeslive, which will be from March
15th to March 21st, that youwill listen and, if you are so
(14:57):
moved and if you are able to,you'll give.
Even a small donation helpswhen we're talking about giving
and charity.
I do appreciate it.
For more information, please goto podcastthonorg
Podcastthonorg.
My second announcement that Iask you to stick around for is I
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am again excited to bring out abrand new Bill Monty
presentation.
Bill Monty's World of Podcastsis a new live multimedia
presentation that I bring tosenior residences to help them
become familiar with and enjoythe world of podcasting.
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Whether or not it's my podcastor someone else's podcast, it
doesn't really matter to me,because I do believe that
podcasting is something that isso important, especially these
days, and seniors, unfortunately, are a group that are a little
confused by the technology oreven what a podcast is.
So what I'm able to do is comein, I explain podcasting, I
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explain how I do my podcast, Ilet them listen to a couple of
episodes of it, I play them mygreat theme songs Don't you love
my theme songs?
Because I do?
Then, at the end of it, if thetechnological infrastructure
allows, I record an episode of apodcast with one of the guests
as a participant, and that willgo out live, as all of my
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podcasts do, to the entire world.
How exciting is that?
So right now, this is going tobe strictly for Southeast and
Southwest Florida.
We're going to expand to therest of Florida in the coming
months and then we hope to goacross the country.
So if you live at a residencewhere you think you would enjoy
this if you know of one or ifyou work at residence where you
think you would enjoy this, ifyou know of one, or if you work
at one where you would like topursue this, I invite you to
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please write to me atBillMonte04 at gmailcom
BillMonte M-O-N-T-Y 04 atgmailcom, and I'll respond as
quick as I can.
I'll send you some informationon it and I hope that I will see
you live in the near future.
Until then, my friends, againthank you for listening.
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It does mean so much to me.
I appreciate it.
Be safe, be kind, and now let'splay that great theme song.
If it's warm outside but you'refeeling cold or not sure what
to do, without a friendlyshoulder You're not alone.
Start feeling bolder.
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Welcome to Bill Monty's guidefor getting older.
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